Fewer Posts on ThaiVisa These Days?

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I get the impression that there are fewer posts on Thai Visa these days than say a year or two ago. I could be totally wrong about this but I find myself spending less time on the forum as there just doesn't seem to be the same number of posts as there once was. Sure, the number of threads and posts is still huge compared to other Thailand forums but is Thai Visa as busy in terms of the number of posts nowadays as it was in the past?

I've given it a bit of thought and perhaps the reason I feel like this is simply that topics about the same old issues appear regularly - and I am less likely to read about an issue the second or third time it is discussed.....so that might be a simple explanation.

This is in no way a complaint or criticism or anything like that. I wonder if others feel the same. Is there a metric which comparing the number of posts on Thai Visa daily now compared with say a year or two ago? Curious.

The adblocker-blocker was a particularly stupid idea as it just means that people are encouraged to not post at all, as in order to post you first have to turn on JS, which then gives you that timer overlay.

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It's a long time since I've looked at the forum. Yes posts seem to be down, but the quality seems to be up, with a lot less of the right wing hysteria and anti Thai bigotry that infested the forum in the past.

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Could it be that its so easy to get banned on here.that some posters no longer bother?

I think your right on that--- have a friend who cant sign in until he admits he has done something wrong..... he had one of the highest % of (agree) reputation post I have seen on here.....he still logs on occasion, to check the TV page..... but he isn't allowed to post.......& that mod has long gone.....madness.

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I think your right on that--- have a friend who cant sign in until he admits he has done something wrong..... he had one of the highest % of (agree) reputation post I have seen on here.....he still logs on occasion, to check the TV page..... but he isn't allowed to post.......& that mod has long gone.....madness.

Mind you .now i dont know how true this is but i have heard that some people who are banned sign in with another name and e mail address. Lots of times

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A few years ago there was a jolly band of trolls that were just waiting for the next opportunity to unleash a smear, sneer or insult. They seem to have gone now, most of them. (Remember Bendix, anyone?)

However in my own case I must admit that I only look in once a day now instead of having a tab open all day.

Difficult to put this down to any one factor, maybe the profile of expats in general has changed.

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A few less threads at the tabloid end of the spectrum would be a step in the right direction. Reposting "A bargirl stole my kidney" stories , direct from a UK tabloid, just undermines the reputation and credibility of the forum. It just serves to create an "us and them" scenario, feeds the Thai bashers and puts into question any legitimate information/discussion on the site.

There is a small but unhealthy, racist aspect to the forum, prone to misinformation, exaggeration, that sometimes needs to be kept in check, not encouraged.

I have a friend in Australia who has stopped reading or posting in the forum because quote "I dont want to read how bad Thailand is any more", " I dont want to move to Thailand any more, I had no idea how bad Thailand and Thai people are, until I read the forum."